City Development Strategy

Planning in emerging countries involves taking a different approach, usually strongly involving the community, as a way to compensate for the lack of financial resources.

Such involvement starts at the planning level and continues with the construction and even with the care of local infrastructure.

City Development Strategy (CDS) is a participatory planning process that asks local leaders and the community to think 20 years ahead. It is based on a common vision of how the city could harmoniously develop.

The need for change that Pöyry experts witness in cities that are in crisis due to uncontrolled growth or economic turmoil, usually enables a complete cycle of CDS in about 12 to 18 months.